Sword of Daybreaker

  Send the last ancient druid sage to Amone. This is one of the purposes of Belsetia’s personal visit to Cecil, but she has another reason for coming here.

On the third day after the Elf Mission arrived in Cecil City, in the depths of the secret facility "Project 115" at the foot of the Dark Mountains in the southwest of the Imperial Capital, a magic car without any signs drove into it and was protected by a heavy wall and energy. In the base surrounded by the shield, the magic car directly passed through the connecting passage and the mechanical gate at the rear of the administrative area, and drove into the huge cave at the main test site.

Standing on a high platform that is large enough to overlook most of the test field, Bersetia's gaze casts her gaze on the vast assembly space below-countless crisscrossed steel structures and stone support platforms quickly shaped by magic. A test area larger than several football fields. The high-power magic spar lamp fixed on the steel beam above makes the platforms bright as daylight, and a large number of engineering vehicles and technicians can be seen walking between the platforms. , The large and small lights are like a dragon.

This is the test site for assembling the aerospace fortress. It is one of the important secret items of the empire. Under normal circumstances, such a place cannot be opened to foreign envoys-but this is an exception for the Queen of the Silver Elves. The reason is simple: the entire 115 Although the Project No. is a project of the Cecil Empire, many of the anti-gravity engine group and other technologies behind it come from the silver elves, and a lot of its own energy is also used in the elves' temple of stars.

  On Cecil's side, there is the construction of the sky fortress, and on the Silver Empire side, there is also the restoration of the Temple of the Stars-these two projects are carried out in parallel, and are essentially one of the technical cooperation between the two empires.

"As you can see, our current project is still at the stage of assembling the keel and testing the anti-gravity engine group," Gao Wen said to the Silver Queen beside him, "Of course, this is also the most complicated and time-consuming project. The part-once the infrastructure here is completed, the subsequent assembly progress will be very fast."

"Such progress has surprised me, Uncle Gao Wen-I didn't expect you to have entered the actual test phase of the anti-gravity engine group," Bersetia sighed from the bottom of his heart, "This is the origin laboratory. Does it promote large-scale projects...I am deeply impressed."

Gao Wen smiled: "The origin laboratory is indeed very useful. We put the testing work in the real world that may take several months or even one or two years to complete in a virtual environment. With the help of the thinking acceleration system, these The tedious and time-consuming work can be completed in only one month or less. Of course, the large-scale acceleration of neural networks consumes amazingly, and it also takes up valuable wetware host resources, but compared to blowing up half of it in the real world The base... the cost is quite a bargain."

"...It looks like I should seriously consider renting neural network computing power after I go back. Do you mean that, Uncle Gao Wen?" Bersetia looked at Gao Wen with a smile in the corner of her eyes, "It's expensive and expensive. reason."

"We have established a large-scale communication and forwarding channel between Cecil and the Silver Empire. Naturally, they should be used most effectively," Gao Wen said with a calm expression. "Speaking of this, the recent situation of the Temple of Stars how is it?"

"If you are asking about the temple itself, it hasn't changed much—repairing the infrastructure is not something that can be done overnight, although scholars and craftsmen have stated that with the support of new technologies, the restoration works are carried out every day. Great progress, but this kind of progress can't be seen directly with the eyes," Bersetia smiled, "If you are asking about our restoration project...we have new discoveries almost every day."

  The silver queen smiled and looked down on the huge assembly field from the high platform, watching the complicated mechanical structures being installed on the steel bones, as if watching a giant being born in a deep sleep.

"We finally opened the ancient doors leading to the power core, the engine isolation dome that had not been opened for tens of thousands of years, and the compartment leading to the logic array of the central axis. We saw the alloys that stretched vertically and horizontally in the dark. The skeleton, the ancient equipment that operates silently, and the decayed cables and sensors that have lost connection with the seat of dominance for hundreds of thousands of years...

"Most of the technologies in the deep zone are no longer understood-even if scholars can identify one or two of them, they cannot be repaired under today's conditions, but at least our determination is not too late, and we can still identify them. The functions and positioning of most equipment groups. At the same time, we now have new solutions...

"Master Vilania led her astrologists to determine the energy logic at the bottom of the Temple of the Stars. We replaced some of the severely damaged power cores with the magic net array from Cecil. Next, we will directly remove them. Those completely scrapped anti-gravity and propulsion devices were replaced with modern industrial products, while the cabins and functional partitions around the keel of the temple were rebuilt.

"The biggest challenge we are currently facing is to rebuild those sensing and operating devices that have been offline from the control center, so that the dominion can successfully recognize those newly installed things in the Temple of the Stars... The progress in this area is the slowest, but fortunately, Since the autumn, scholars have finally achieved some results. The artificial nerve cord and the signal connector have been integrated. With the aid of the biological nerve center, the control problem of the temple will be expected to be solved-I hope everything goes well. Otherwise, we can only use hundreds of operators to replace the problems caused by the lack of effectiveness of the Domination Seat."

  Listening to Bersetia’s narration of these technical fields, Gao Wen nodded slightly: “It’s our ‘smart factory’ that inspired you?”

"Using synthetic brains to give machines the ability to think... Human creativity is always worth marveling," Bersetia laughed. "To be honest, after seeing the information from Rebecca, Master Vilania I didn't eat for the whole day-but the next day she still read all the materials with great perseverance and paid tribute to your technology."

  "..." Gao Wen was a bit speechless for a while, but in his mind he imagined what the elves would be like after accepting the technical route of wetware host + heavy machinery, and suddenly felt that he was guilty.

Belsetia didn’t know what Gawain was sighing about “things that only wanderers can understand”. Her eyes always fell on the assembly platforms below. Compared with the information on the paper, these things she had witnessed. Things obviously gave her a real shocking feeling. After watching it for a long time, she finally broke the silence softly: "Looking at these things, I can't help thinking... In a very, very old age, In years that even the silver elves can’t imagine, how did our ancestors, the original elves, build great creations like the Temple of the Stars. That magnificent fortress was once on an assembly field similar to this one. Did the keel, beam and basic power unit begin to be assembled little by little?"

   "Of course, otherwise it can still grow directly from the ground?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "Why do you suddenly think of these things?"

"After finally opening the gate to the deepest part of the Temple of the Stars, we found many ancient traces in the cabins that had been sealed in dust for tens of thousands of years," Belcetia said slowly, "During the long years, The various areas of the Temple of Stars have undergone countless renovations and baptisms, and even the outer areas of it have been completely destroyed by war. However, in the blocked compartments, everything still retains the air fortress not long after the sailing. status.

"Today's silver elves can no longer recognize those objects that belong to the original elves, but we can clearly feel that it comes from an ancient and great civilization. It is our specious "distant relative", from a piece that has long been forgotten by us. Something brought out from the'Homeland'...

"Unfortunately, due to the passage of time and the leakage of water and air in some cabins, all files and drawings have been completely destroyed, and the precision instruments used to record data have also been completely destroyed. We can only bring out some that are not afraid of corrosion. , Daily necessities or furnishings made of unknown alloys, as well as signs and nicks rubbed from the wall, but even these things have caused a very big response among the silver elves."

  Gawain blinked curiously: "Very big reaction?"

  "Among the silver elves, there is now a voice of ‘searching for the homeland’," Bersetia said, "this stems from the relics of the original elves that we are constantly looking for in the depths of the Temple of Stars.

"In fact, these voices existed before, and similar thoughts have even accompanied the entire history of the Silver Empire since the establishment of the country. But for a long time, this kind of voice has not formed a climate, because the deadly ocean storm is also extremely dangerous for the elves, and the Silver Empire "Strong Sheng" is as embarrassing as Gondor back then, and can only be maintained within the cruising range of the Temple of the Stars, but what has happened in recent years..."

"The formation of the alliance, the technical support from the Kraken and the Naga, the restart of the route around the mainland, the dragons-and the successful navigation between the Loren continent and Talrond," Gao Wen quickly reacted, "These results have encouraged All races trapped on the land, including your elves?"

"It should have been'particularly inspiring' us," Bersetia smiled and looked at Gawain. "The elves all know the ancient legend about the Great Sundering. We know that we are from another continent. When General Byron successfully arrived Talrond’s feat spread to the country, and our scholars rejoiced, and the voice of the “Hometown Seekers” has increased even more. Coupled with the recent discoveries in the lockdown compartment of the Temple of Stars... it seems that many elves All believe that we can already consider forming a fleet like humans to find the holy land of the original elves."

"...Exploring a strange land in the ocean is a good thing in itself, I don't think there is anything wrong with it," Gawain looked into Bersetia's eyes, considering the words, "but you should know, go to Tarron De and the search for the origin continent of the original elves are not the same concept-the former is the hometown of the dragon. We have guides, escorts, ready-made routes, celestial phenomena and hydrological data recorded by the dragon, and the Tarrond and Loren is not too far apart, and the hometown of the elves..."

  The foundation of the giant tower he had seen from the perspective of Cangqiang Station and the little information he had learned from Enya emerged in his mind.

"Well, one thing is certain. There is another continent to the west of the Loren continent, which may be the hometown of the original elves. But it is far away, the environment is harsh, and the inland conditions are unknown-in the heyday of Talrond, The dragons have occasionally sent a few exploratory teams to look at the situation on that continent from a distance, but now the dragons’ strength has been greatly reduced, and they have lost the implants and synergists, as well as the global communication and navigation provided by the Omega system. Support, now even the Dragons cannot cross the ocean to find that piece of land."

Bersetia's eyes widened-the original elves may have originated in an unfamiliar continent west of Loren, which did not surprise her, because scholars in the Silver Empire had already proposed this conjecture in the past, and she was surprised It is the tone of Gao Wen when he talks about these things. He obviously understands this matter very well, and it is not a day or two to pay attention to this aspect.

"Are you surprised?" Of course, Gao Wen noticed the change in Empress Silver's expression. He just smiled indifferently, "I have a pretty good relationship with that dragon god. Many things have been heard from her, and other than that. , I also have some...special intelligence channels. I know that there is still a continent to the west of the Loren continent, which should be the origin of the original elves. I also know that there is also a continent in the southeast of Loren. how to get to.

"I have always been interested in the New World, and exploring the unknown world has a great attraction to me. Even from a certain perspective, one of the main reasons I study navigation technology and build a strong fleet is to explore those located in the deep ocean. As for the resumption of routes around the continent and the establishment of maritime trade... in fact it is just a subsidiary result of this purpose."

  Beersetia fixedly looked at Gawain with a happy smile. For a long time, she also laughed: "Your adventurous spirit... is really as the intelligence said."

  ……

When Gawain and the Silver Queen were talking about new routes, ancient continents, and the spirit of adventure, another human with a particularly strong adventurous spirit in the world was lying in his "adventurer's cabin", accompanied by the town from time to time. The sound of howling wind sounded and fell asleep soundly in the warmth brought by the warming rune.

Unusual environmental changes suddenly surged from my heart, and the adventurous intuition accumulated over the years stimulated my nerves. Modil woke up suddenly in his deep sleep and rolled from bed to the ground in less than a tenth of a second. While in a defensive posture, one hand of the old mage already held the short wand leaning against the bed, and the other hand pulled out the enchanted short sword for body protection from under the pillow.

   Layers of body protection spells and blessing spells used to enhance vitality, recovery, and magic affinity are also activated instantly, covering the whole body.

  All these are instinctive reactions like muscle memory.

Modil has broken free from the sleepiness brought about by sleep, and is alertly paying attention to the surrounding environment. First, he quickly looked around and confirmed that he was still in his single "dormitory"—everything in his sight. Everything is in the position before going to bed, the doors and windows have not been opened, and there is no vitality nearby.

  But this is not his room, at least not his "normal" room.

  Everything in his sight has lost its color, and the monotonous color of black, white and gray covers everything he can see.